The problem is with AME and not with AE. The comps all have individual names. So in my AE project, let's call it "Cool_TV_Project.aep", I have several comps I wish to render. Let's call these comps: Show_Main_Title, Show_Credits, and Lower_Third.
In AME I go to File->Add After Effects Composition..., then I find the After Effect project that I want to render (Cool_TV_Project.aep), then I pick the three comps I wish to render. These comps are then added into the queue in AME. Here is where the problem is.
The "Output File" name for each comp is listed as the project name plus an _number even though it lists the correct comp name in the "Source Name" column. So the queue looks something like this:
Source Name Format Preset Output File
/Cool_TV_Project.aep/Show_Main_Title Quicktime Prores /Cool_TV_Project_1
/Cool_TV_Project.aep/Show_Credits Quicktime Prores /Cool_TV_Project_2
/Cool_TV_Project.aep/Lower_Third Quicktime Prores /Cool_TV_Project_3
I want the Output File name to be what the COMP is named, not the PROJECT. As it stands I have to manually select each output and retype the comp name. This is ok when there is only a few comps in a project, but maddening when there are many.
What I'd like to do is force AME to name the output the same as the comp name in the project, instead of how it defaults to naming each output to the project name + _1. So far I have not seen any option to do this. My hope is there is some tricksy way to make it do this as I like rendering in AME.
FYI I am using AME from CS 5.5.
Ideas?
